Vehicle-body.



PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

M. R. HULL. VEHICLE BODY. APPLICATION FILED APR.16. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATNT OFFIOE.

MATTHEW R. HULL, OF OONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO REX BUGGY COMPANY, OF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

VEHICLE-BODY.

No. 875,999. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. '7, 1908. Application filed April 16. 1907. Serial No. 368.506.

To all whom it may concern: l 1.3 are plates of strapiron or steel extend- 50 Be it known that I, MATTHEW It. HULL, l ing longitudinally ol" each buck-post in cona citizen of the United States, residing at l tact with the outer face of the post and pro- Oonnersville, in the county of Fayette and l vided with a bottom. portion 14 at right- State of Indiana, have invented certain new angles and oblique to the body of the strap,

and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Bodies, forming a feet which rests upon a cerre- 55 of which the following is a specification. spending sill, ol" the sills l, and is secured thereto by means of a bolt 15. The upper l l 1 This invention relates to improvements in l vehicle bodies, and particularly to the conportion of each strap 13 is bent at 16 to it struction of the seat-buck and the attacharound the shoulder formed by the projecment of the latter to the buck-posts and of j tion of the scat-buck past the buck-pest and 69 the buck-posts to the body-sills. l the end of the strap is bent laterally as WVhen vehicles are driven over rough roads l shown in Fig. 1 to bring it in the path of its the resulting hard jolts and sudden strains adjacent horizontal bolt 12. The ends of the tend rapidly to open up the seat-buck at its straps 13 are perforated tor the passage of corners, to Work it loose from the buck-posts j the bolts 12 and are secured to the seat-buck 65 and to loosen the posts from the sills, of the by said bolts. They take the place of body, upon which they rest. washers for the bolts but their most impor- The object of my invention is to brace and tant function is to term a strong and rigid constrengthen all of the above named parts and nection between the seat-buck and bucktiethem togetherinto arigid and secure whole. post and between the latter and the sills so 70 I accomplish the objects of the invention as to practically eliminate the weaknesses by the mechanism illustrated in the accomdue to joints in the parts thus connected. panying drawing in Whic 1 The strap 13 and its attaching bolts might Figure 1 is a detail in front perspective lie in a common vertical plane without deview of my improvements on a buggy showparting from the spirit of my invention, but 75 ing the vehicle-body in transverse vertical I prefer the edgewise bends tor the reason section, and Fig. 2 is a section on the line that they additionally stil'len and brace the 22 of Fig. 1. construction and thereby add to the eth- Like characters of reference indicate like ciency of the device.

3 are the side panels, l the floor sills and 5 what I claim as new and wish to secure by the bottom, of an ordinary vehicle-body. Letters Patent ot the United States, is

6 are the seatrisers, 7 the seat-bu k and 8 In. a vehicle body, a buck-post iron conthe buck-posts resting upon the sills 4, and sisting of a straight body to lay against the to whicn posts the seat-buck is fastened, longitudinal dimensions of the post, having a 85 9 is the seat proper which rests upon the feet at right angles and oblique to said body, risers 6 and seat-buck 7 to which it is said body being bent close around the oil-set fastened in the usual way by screws and of the buck-frame and terminating with an the tour vertical bolts 10, near each corner edgewise bent top end,

which pass through the seat and seat-buck In witness whereol', I have hereunto set 90 and. through the bottom sills as shown in Fig.

2. These bolts are essential as screws alone my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Im'liana, this, 29 day ol' hlarch, A. I). one thousand would pull out allowing the seat to work loose.

nine hundred and seven. A pair of horizontal bolts 12 connect the Min TH HULL front and back members of the seat-buck and \Vitnesses: keep them from spreading apart. A bolt is ELLIS W. RYAN, located ad acent to each end of the seat-buck. HARRY T. QUICK.

parts in the two views. l Having thus fully described my invention l 1 l l l l l 

